Bureaucrats, actors like Satish Kaushik, Sushant Singh, Indresh Malik and lyricist Raj Shekhar came together to raise funds for the renovation of the Frank Thakurdas memorial auditorium.

No matter how far ahead people may reach in their professions, they can never forget the good ol’ college days. And this was evident at the Kirori Mal College (KMC) alumni meet. However, this meet was special in several ways. For one, bureaucrats, actors like Satish Kaushik, Sushant Singh, Indresh Malik and lyricist Raj Shekhar came together to raise funds for the renovation of the Frank Thakurdas memorial auditorium at their alma mater.

Keval Arora, staff advisor of Players, the theatre society of KMC

Actor Amitabh Bachchan, an alumnus of KMC, recently donated Rs 51 lakh which is to be used for the auditorium renovation work, the probable cost for which is 7 crores, shared Dinesh Khattar, principal, KMC. He says, “We started the process around six months back. An alumni committee has been formed, wherein we approached the famous alumni’s. We met Mr Bachchan who he has been very supportive. He’s expected to visit us in the month of May. Satish arranged alumni meet in Mumbai also. We are approaching the government also, and we are hoping we are able to raise funds for it.”

While lyricist Shekhar made the attendees sing in unison to his poems dedicated to his college days, Indresh had the audience in bouts of laughter with a stand-up comedy act, making fun of Delhi aunties and liquor shops.

Actor Indresh Malik, had attendees in bouts of laughter with a skit, with jokes on typical Delhi aunties.

The meet was not without some protest by the students who shouted slogans because of not being invited to the alumni meet. “Hostelers ka toh haq hota hai, ki woh har event attend kare. Jihone saara kaam kiya unko toh leke nahi gaye,” said a student on condition of anonymity.